noun:

• thick malt syrup poured into boiling water and sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink) - Food term ➜ 水飴・冷やし飴

noun:

• long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path) - めんどう is also written with the ateji 面道 ➜ 寝殿造り

noun / ~する noun:

• act of praying or performing an incantation so that a bad dream does not come true

noun:

• demanding again what one has already obtained; coaxing out of someone for a second time - obscure term ➜ 強請り

noun:

• round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

noun:

• partitioned lidded wooden lunchbox
• food served in such a box

noun:

• charm; talisman; amulet
• tally
• sign; mark; note

counter:

• fu; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

noun:

• self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.) - From English "drink bar"

noun:

• comprador; compradore
• person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country

noun:

• woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)

noun:

• advance payment on behalf of a third party (with expectation that it will be reimbursed)

noun:

• last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) - Buddhism term ➜ 弔い上げ

noun / ~する noun:

• reconciliation (accounting); verifying transactions against vouchers, etc.

noun:

• float being pulled underwater when a fish takes the bait

noun:

• client separation; block relay; facility to stop intercommunication between devices sharing a router - IT term - From English "privacy separator"

noun:

• taking someone around
• guidance
• parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• bulletin board displaying the name, age, offence, etc. of a criminal sentenced to death (Edo period) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• flooding a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards) - abbr. of 電話突撃 - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】

noun:

• railway station; train station
• staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)

noun / ~する noun:

• growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
• growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

noun:

• ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg); tonne - From English

noun:

• bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
• middle (of a three-tier ranking system) ➜ 梅【うめ】・松【まつ】

noun:

• tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end
• slope at the foot of a mountain

noun / ~する noun:

• provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service ➜ 学校給食【がっこうきゅうしょく】

noun / ~する noun:

• running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car); running to program, job, etc.; traveling; travelling